Christian Natural Law and Religious Freedom - A Foundation Based on Love, the True, and the Good

Deagon addresses the need for a robust theoretical foundation for religious freedom that accounts for its transcendent nature. Deagon proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christian Natural Law.

List of contents

Foreword
Chapter One: Introduction
Part I: Articulating Christian Natural Law
Chapter Two: The Different Traditions of Christian Natural Law
Chapter Three: The Theological Nature of Traditional 'Secular' Natural Law
Chapter Four: Radical Orthodoxy and the Reconciliation of Christian Natural Law
Part II: Christian Natural Law as a Foundation for Religious Freedom
Chapter Five: Bona: Basic Goods and the Common Good
Chapter Six: Aletheia: Divine Revelation
Chapter Seven: Agape: The Law of Love, or the Culmination of the True and the Good

About the author

Alex Deagon is Associate Professor in the School of Law, Queensland University of Technology. He is an international expert in religious freedom and the author of From Violence to Peace (Hart Publishing, 2017) and Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination (Hart Publishing, 2023).

Product details

• Authors: Alex Deagon, Alex (Queensland Uni of Tech) Deagon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032619989
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3261998-9
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, LAW / Public, Philosophy of religion, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law